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A Thanksgiving story: Quadriplegic author, radio host and artist Joni Eareckson Tada on how practicing faith and gratitude has empowered her to live a wonderful life
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/22/23 The power of Thanksgiving. It was 1967 when a diving accident left then seventeen-year-old Joni Eareckson Tada a quadriplegic. About a dozen years later she founded Joni and Friends, her ministry devoted to helping and showcasing those living with disability around the world.…
Is Rylie Glen the new Narnia? A conversation with Christian fantasy author Mike A. Arroyo
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 11/15/23 When fantasy meets truth. In my conversation with Keith Call (currently up on the Acton Institute’s Religion & Liberty Online), we spoke about the collection of essays he collected and edited by the late highly-regarded professor of English and literature Thomas Howard (1935–2020)…
Two new books tackle the concepts of accepting God’s will and the pursuit of happiness. Is there a conflict?
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/13/23 An impenetrable mystery. That’s how biographer Ellen Vaughn says the late Christian philosopher Elisabeth Elliot viewed the interplay between God and human choice. Speaking with me about her just released book Being Elisabeth Elliot for an interview currently up on The Acton Institute…
In “Are We There Yet?” comedian Jeff Allen finds the funny – and meaning – in despair
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 09/06/23 Jeff Allen arrives. In his new memoir Are We There Yet? – My Journey from a Messed Up to a Meaningful Life the 67-year-old veteran comedian somehow finds the funny in Ecclesiastes, the biblical book he says God used to rescue him from…
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